I thought if I put in the above keywords I would be sure to move up the Google rankings. So here goes. “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.” Oh dear, Mr Micawber would not predict… Continue reading Financial advice in retirement
Our first Valentine’s Day in Retirement
Call me a romantic old fool – you’re a romantic old fool – but I can’t let Valentine’s Day go by without some recognition and I wouldn’t have let it go by this far had it not been for the fact that it was a day of mixed fortunes – as you will see if… Continue reading Our first Valentine’s Day in Retirement
Retirement : a world of possibilities or problems?
After my last, somewhat off-topic, blog let me return to the world of retirement and what seems to be a common problem. I have a friend who has not enjoyed retirement. He says he feels useless. In an effort to take back some of the lost control or self esteem, he has, after a few… Continue reading Retirement : a world of possibilities or problems?
The Other Train
This is the fourth of my ghost stories. I hope you’re enjoying them. This one is called The Other Train and was inspired by a couple of trips on the Leeds – Carlisle railway and by walks around Ribblehead Viaduct and Blea Moor tunnel. They’re wild places and very evocative, ghost stories come easily to… Continue reading The Other Train
Mental Health : ADHD
Why am I writing about ADHD on what purports to be a retirement blog? Well, the answer is because I can and because I’ve rather enjoyed saying the things I’m about to say. Also I have an ex-colleague who, I believe, is saying good things about the area and I want to support him. The… Continue reading Mental Health : ADHD
Home
If you had asked me what I would do in retirement I would probably have said – travel. If not that then that we would live in far distant places. We would have freedom to define a new life and that would probably mean living abroad somewhere at least for a part of each year.… Continue reading Home
Vineyard 10 : A night at the hotel (no opera)
You might say this was an historic meeting, the first one of its type anyway. A powerful force of Yorkshire vinters gathered together to plan our strategy for world domination? Well, not quite, in a number of ways. The first problem was me. The thing is there is a part of my soul that does… Continue reading Vineyard 10 : A night at the hotel (no opera)
Final China post
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve finally updated Rich and Gail’s China reports. Apologies to them for my tardiness as I explained / excused earlier, their reports got spammed on my website so I had to take them down for a while and it’s taken me this long to catch up.… Continue reading Final China post
Puppies : We need a mantra
Is this retirement? Not quite what I thought it would be. We need a rousing exhortation or at least a comforting mantra – the darkest hour is just before the dawn. Will that do? I would say, if this isn’t the darkest hour, then we’re in for a very long night. We are not having… Continue reading Puppies : We need a mantra
How many times?
How many times can a writer start a blog with the words – this is not the blog I intended to write? Hopefully quite a few because I’m going to do it again. I had intended to write about goal-setting but instead I simply must write about my visit to the dentist Tuesday morning. This… Continue reading How many times?